Lazarus Goldschmidt

Lazarus Goldschmidt, origin. Eliezer ben Gabriel (* December 17 1871 in Plungiany, Lithuania, † April 18, 1950 in London), was an eminent Orientalist and scholar of Judaism.

Life

After Goldschmidt had completed the Talmud school Jeschiwat Slobotka in Kaunas, he went in 1890 to Berlin. There he studied at the University of Oriental Studies; most often in August Dillmann and Eberhard Schrader professors. Later Goldschmidt moved with the same subjects at the University of Strasbourg. Principal subjects of his studies were the Ethiopian language and literature.

After completing his studies he settled in Berlin as a private scholar down and worked intensively with the Semitic languages ​​and their literature. During this time his still valid translations emerged. 1916 was published in Berlin his translation of the Koran and from 1930 to 1936 in the Jewish Verlag Berlin until today authoritative German version of the Babylonian Talmud. Some of his works he published under the pseudonym bar Arselaj Bargelaj.

Goldschmidt was known for his valuable private library. In his emigration he sold it to the Royal Library in Copenhagen. There she is to use today under the name Goldschmidt Collection. 1933, he emigrated to London, became a British citizen and died there at the age of 79 years on 18 April 1950.

Immanuel Goldsmith was his son.

Translations

  • Sefer Yeẓirah ( Sefer Jesirah. The Book of Creation ). Frankfurt am Main in 1894; online; ND Aurinia Verlag, Hamburg.
  • The Babylonian Talmud. Eight volumes: Leipzig 1897-1909, partly online.
  • The Babylonian Talmud. After the first uncensored edition taking into account the more recent editions and handwritten materials retransmitted. (In twelve volumes ) Berlin 1929-1936.
  • The Qur'an; El- Quran. Berlin 1916; online; ND comet -Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-93336664 - X; ND Wunderkammer -Verlag, 2005 ISBN 978-3-93738967-7 Melzer.
  • The Torah and the prophetic books of the Old Testament ( The Sacred Books of the Old Covenant. 3 vols, Berlin 1921-1925 ).
  • Various Talmudic studies and investigations on the pressure history of the Hebrew Bible.
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